Administrative Officer

Joining the Secret Service, Office of Administration will allow you to serve as a key liaison to leadership with respect to ensuring adherence to administrative policies, procedures, and responsibilities related to supporting organizational employees and managers. For definitions of terms found in this announcement, please click here.

The selectee will serve as an Administrative Officer in the Office of Administration, Typical work assignments include: Develops informal and formal communications in the form of memorandums; briefing documents; meeting notes; or other written products that inform management of a specific issue requiring response or action. Resolves a variety of administrative problems related to staff actions/assignments; monitors progress and conducts follow-up on each action/assignment until final concurrence or disposition is obtained. Utilizes best practices in a variety of financial and administrative reporting systems to process financial/budget transactions, travel, purchases, credit card transactions and personnel actions. Utilizes a variety of office automated programs, applications, tools, and systems to generate reports, graphics, charts, graphs, and PowerPoint presentations; metrics and data analytics that can be used by senior-level stakeholders to communicate initiatives; and administrative policies and procedural changes. Apply for this exciting opportunity to allow you to be responsible for performing administrative support, program coordination, and communication processes for the Office of Administration. This Administrative Officer position starts at a salary of $85,447 (GS-11, step 1), with a promotion potential to $133,142 (GS 12, Step 10).

U.S. Citizenship is required. Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service. If selected for this position, you will be required to: Obtain and maintain a Top Secret Tier 5 clearance. For more information visit OPM Mythbuster Page. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

For positions with an education requirement, or if you are qualifying for a position by substituting education or training for experience, you MUST submit a copy of your transcripts or equivalent. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted that includes your name, the name of the educational institution, course title(s), number of credits, grade, and date of completion. An official transcript will be required if you are selected.